breaking overnight. three u.s. service members wounded in kabul after a large explosion. deja vu as hillary clinton reveals why she lost the election and president trump's emphatic response. the manhunt after two chicago police officers are shot. white south carolina police officer plead guilty for shooting a black motorist in the back. and dash cam video captures a small plane crashing down on rush-hour traffic. "early today" starts right now. good morning. francis and yasmin have the night off. we begin with breaking news. a deadly suicide attack wounded three u.s. service members in

the car bomber struck a convoy. it killed at least eight afghan civilians and wounded another 25. the three americans wounds are non life-threatening and they were in stable condition. no one immediately claimed responsibility. developing overnight, a manhunt under way in chicago after two police officers were shot. authorities say two vehicles pulled along side them and started firing at the officers who were not in yoon yorm. one was hit in the hip and arm and the other in the back. they are in stable condition. authorities say they are questioning three male suspects in connection to the incident. they promise to catch the shooters. near dallas days after 15-year-old jordan edwards was fatally shot the officer who shot him was fired. officials reviewed the officer's body camera video and say he violated department policies by

while it was driving away from him. in baton rouge protesters took to the street over the justice department decision not to charge two police officers for the fatal shooting of alton sterling. he was shot last year by police after officers tackled him to the ground outside after convenience store where he was selling cds. in south carolina former officer michael slager has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of the unarticled man he fatally shot. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: two years after the dramatic cell phone video shocked the nation, former north charleston police officer michael slager pleaded guilty a federal charge of using excessive force. >> michael slager admitted what he did. >> reporter: the family of walter scott cried as the plea was read in court. the defendant used deadly force even though it was unreason

scott was shot five times in the back in april of 2015 as he ran from a traffic stop. in a written statement slager's defense team said we hope that michael's acceptance of responsibility will help the scott family as they continue to grieve their loss. slager's trial had been scheduled to start in a few days, he faced civil rights charges, lying to investigators and using a firearm in a violent crime. even with this plea he still faces life in prison but could get much less. >> the victory was him admitting that he did wrong. >> reporter: last year slager went to trial on state murder charges. he told the court he was in total fear for his life when scott grabbed his stun gun. >> in my mind at that time people don't run. >> reporter: jurors could not reach a verdict. they agreed to drop those state charges as part of a plea agreement. >> gabe gutierrez

president trump and russian leader vladamir putin could meet face-to-face soon after the two held a phone call discussing syria, north korea and other issues according to the white house. the call hours before james comey is set to testify on capitol hill. and happening as intel members were dispatched to cia headquarters to view evidence of russia's interference in 2016. interference hillary clinton flatly says cost her the election as she cast blame on comey, sexism, and her opponent for her loss in her most frank comments yet. >> i'm now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance. every day that goes by we learn more about some of the unprecedented interference including from a foreign power whose leader is not a member of my fan club. i was on the way to winning until the combination of jim comey's letter on october8

and russian wikileaks, raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but not scared off. i mean you just can't make this stuff up. >> mr. trump responded tweeting comey was the best thing that ever happened to clinton. gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. the phony trump russia story was an excuse used by the democrats as justification for losing the election. perhaps trump referring to himself just ran a great campaign. those tweets came hours after president trump lashed out after a budget deal to keep the government open was reached even suggesting a shutdown may be exactly what washington needs. as republicans face inobstacles in the push to replace obamacare. peter alexander has more. >> reporter: president trump venting arguing the government needs a good shut down to fix washington's mess. the president upset at the perception democrats got the better ef

compromise that avoids a government shutdown. >> after years of partisan bickering, and gridlock, this bill is a clear win for the american people. >> reporter: mr. trump trying to recover a political victory from the spending agreement. >> we didn't do touting like the democrats did. >> reporter: taking heat suggesting the solution is a shutdown. >> how does the president define a good shutdown? >> if you want to imagine what a good shutdown was, one that fixes this town. >> in the last 800,000 federal employees were furloughed, 1.3 million required to work without knowing when they would get paid so. is that a good shutdown that fixes washington? >> back to your point every one of those folks got paid. >> reporter: house republicans appear on the verge of another failure for the health care plan, with more republicans defecting. missouri congressman billy long backs trump but not the bill. >> just because pre-existing conditions would be covered doesn't mean they can't price you out of the market.

white house after sean spicer left the briefing room without speaking to reporters, after the budget director left the podium. just watch. the next white house briefing scheduled for this afternoon. baltimore orioles outfielder adam jones received a different reception at boston's fenway park tuesday after he says some red sox fans hurled racial slurs at him the night before. dan has the latest. >> number 10. >> reporter: standing ovation for the orioles adam jones at fenway park. one day after jones said he experienced something much different at fenway. the all star said fans used the n word during monday's game. the fan also threw a bag of peanuts at him. >> things like this, they just don't have a place in the game. i thought we moved past that

>> reporter: the 12 year veteran said this is not the first time he heard racist language in boston. boston's mayor was embarrassed. >> to have a fool, i'm going to call him a fool, her a fool, i don't know what it was, i'd like to say worse, to do something like that, disrespectful to all of us. >> reporter: the commissioner called it inexcusable. boston residents said they are better than that. >> that's not boston. boston isn't like that. >> reporter: two fans were ejected for targeting jones, more than 30 alsoic candidate out. police launched a criminal investigation. dan schenamen, nbc news. this morning new dash cam video when a small plane crashed on a busy freeway in washington state. take a look at this as the plane came from the right side of the screen. clips that power line there. it crashed onto a stretch of highway. a fire ball exploding into the sky setting several

fire. investigator says an engine anomaly was the culprit. amazingly there were no injuries. hard to imagine after that. just ahead, we do have the latest on the kate middleton topless photo trial. first, massive and widespread flooding outside st. louis. residents are racing against time to fill sandbags in an effort to stave off rising waters. bill karins is here with more on the way. what's going on? >> good morning. that's what your river looks like and now you got this mess heading over the top of you today. 2 to 4 inches of rain is possible. already dealing a few areas that could deal with flash flooding early. we have flood risk from indianapolis all the way to northern indiana through southern missouri, 2 to 4 inches of rain, some could get 5 inches. we have a flash flood watch in mississippi and louisiana. 13 million under these flash flood watches. rainfall totals between 2 to 4 inches around st. louis and

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california when it opened in 1950. maybe eagles don't remember staying there. just kidding. who knows what was first. leading the news, u.s. airline executives hauled before congress tuesday to explain a string of viral videos that cast a black eye on the airline industry including this passenger of course being dragged off a united airlines flight last month. nbc's tom costello has details. >> reporter: members of congress told a panel of airline executives much of the country is fed up. >> so to you they may be your customers, to us they are constituents. >> reporter: american and united promising significant changes in customer service. >> our actions will speak longer than our words. we will do better. >> reporter: consumer advocates say more flyers and less competition. over 12 years mega mergers have cut the number of big carriers from eight to four. meanwhile, it's the flight attendants who are very often left trying to keep

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be friendlier to the wizards. >> they lost again in boston last night. the game going into overtime. they had a chance at the end of regulation. they just couldn't score. >> if you include the caps, a whole lot of playoff hockey and basketball. we need wins for our home team. >> good morning i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> it's day four of our sugar-free challenge. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling fine. >> let me tell you, aaron brought hummus. that's when i know things are going off the deep end. >> what! hummus? >> hummus. >> vegetarian. i'll be in front lawn grazing pretty soon. let's talk about the forecast, guys, we'll check in with melissa on the

>> comfortable stuff for today. honestly, you need to get outside and enjoy the weather. there are ugly changes coming your way as we head your way towards the weekend. northwest, shower chances well up to the north. if you're traveling into pennsylvania you may run into them. this area out here, near wichita, kansas, that has eyes on us for friday morning. four things to know, number one, take it in and enjoy today. and as the clouds come our way, we'll be weather alert particularly friday morning. and weekend plan s -- ooh, you need backups, we'll talk about the chilly and potentially soggy details. for now, let's hear about the good news, sheena. >> the good news starts this morning. temperatures on the cooler side. 65 degrees. very comfortable. we expect the n

dropping until about sunrise this morning. another breezy day, but we're going to stay very nice and dry. here's a look at your wednesday planner. plenty in the forecast. a little breezy at times, 66 degrees. nice weather if you want to have lunch outside by 4:00 p.m. by 7:00 p.m., we're still looking at the mid-60s. a beautiful wednesday coming up. we're taking a look at the timing. >> good morning. right now, a couple of here hanging on the beltway, inner loop and georgetown road, left lane getting by there, inner loop to alex sand degrandria. we have the ramp block. waxpool has cleared. we are closed, though, belmont ridge between hay road and chesterton street. all lanes crocked. crash at the scene there. a look at breaking news

suitland, someone shot there. angie goff at the live desk. >> aaron, we just got new video. at silver hill road. officers saying they arrived just after midnight. they saw a man in his car shot in the upper body and he did die at the scene. police are still trying to find a suspect and figure out a motive. if you have any information, please call police. a student with access to guns have made a threat towards dominion high school in sterling. the loudoun county sheriff's office wants to assure parents that the threat was not immediate. .weapons belonged to a relative. >> american university police say this person is responsible for this week's hate crime that left students disgusted and distur